ISO 17916:2016规定了机械设计、施工、生产、运输、安装、操作、维护和停用的安全要求和措施。 ISO 17916:2016适用于使用热切割和/或标记工艺的机械，如氧燃料、等离子弧。本国际标准适用于其基础设计为开放式龙门、悬臂机器或其轨道并入切割台的机器。 ISO 17916:2016未涵盖特定工具的设计标准，例如氧气燃料软管标准、等离子电源的电气要求。热切割机上使用的大多数工具都有特定的设计标准。 ISO 17916:2016不包括手持切割设备和与安装在工件上的受限跟踪系统相结合的切割设备。 相关标准可能涵盖热切割工具产生的风险。 本国际标准不包括由激光辐射引起的风险，但由位置指示激光引起的风险除外。ISO 11553涵盖了这些风险。 将热过程与其他过程（如研磨、钻孔、铣削等）结合在一起的机器仅部分涵盖。相关标准可能涵盖这些其他过程产生的风险。

ISO 17916:2016 specifies the safety requirements and measures for machinery covering design, construction, production, transport, installation, operation, maintenance, and putting out of service. ISO 17916:2016 applies to machinery using thermal cutting and or marking processes such as oxy-fuel, plasma arc. This International Standard applies to machinery the basis of which is either designed as open gantry, cantilever machine, or the track of which is incorporated in the cutting table. ISO 17916:2016 does not cover design standards for specific tools, e.g. oxy-fuel hose standards, electrical requirements for plasma power supplies. Most tools used on thermal cutting machines have specific design standards. ISO 17916:2016 does not cover handheld cutting equipment and cutting equipment which is combined with a constrained tracking system mounted on the work piece. Risks arising from thermal cutting tools may be covered by related standards. Risks arising from laser radiation, except those caused by position indicating lasers, are not covered by this International Standard. Those risks are covered by ISO 11553. Machines that combine thermal processes with other processes (e.g. grinding, drilling, milling, etc.) are only partly covered. Risks arising from these other processes may be covered by related standards.